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TIL that the youngest person to summit Mount Everest was just 13 years old while the oldest person to summit was 80 years old.

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R5We6 TIL on the 5th May 1862 Mexican forces defeated the French at the Battle of Puebla, giving rise to the Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
KO5L9 TIL Decibels are logarithmic, not linear. 30 dB, is 100 times louder than 10 dB, and 40 dB is 1,000 times louder than 10 dB
ANmGa TIL Amazon Fire Tablets used to include access to a free, live support tech advisor through a program called “Mayday.” The program was discontinued in 2018.
NXEj1 TIL LeBron James has never scored 0 points in an NBA game, his fewest points in a game was against the Rockets on December 29, 2004, with 3 points
kJYR1 TIL Winston Churchill opposed the American use of napalm during the Korean war but still allowed Americans to publish claims of British support for American napalm attacks.